Google Chrome

but for the life of me I can't remember where, or find it. It is probably in these forums somewhere.

Is Google safe to use? I have to be honest I am not sure. It seems to me to be a very basic browser, hence the speed which it opens. There are few options to customise, eg disable pop-up windows, exclude web sites, and so on, and many of the add-ons I am used to with Firefox don't apply to Chrome. But that doesn't necessarily make it unsafe because the way we surf is also relevant.

If you want to get rid of Chrome without the file association problem, try a "System restore" back to a date before you installed it the first time.

Mark

I installed Google Chrome only on my laptop, I still have IE7 on my desktop PC and don't want to add anything else to my desktop PC which might cause my MS Works docs to be locked up again. I've used Google as my homepage on both computers and still do but that ad in the upper corner to download and install Google Chrome got my attention yesterday so I did the install only on my laptop.

I use AT&T webmail on this laptop, now that I'm using Google Chrome as my browser can Google have access or record my emails? Which browser do you use or do you use more than one? Why does the surfing seem to be faster on my laptop using Google Chrome than IE8? It's like going from 56K to broadband.

Now a pop up just appeared across the top of the page, must be Google related because I never saw one similar before when I was using IE8 on this laptop, the message said something like you need to add on this to make viewing this page easier, I quickly hit the X to close the message. Do a system restore to remove Google Chrome? I might do it.

No. All web mail should be accessed using secure socket connections. The web address should begin with https instead of the usual http. The 's' in https indicates it is a secure connection.

Which browser do I use? I assume you mean for emails, but me personally I use dedicated software for email management, like Thunderbird.

Why does surfing seem quicker in Chrome than in other browsers? Chrome is a basic browser and doesn't have many of the bells and whistles that other browsers have.

Did that pop up appear when a browser window was open? If so, it is probably a message that some plugin or other was needed for that particular web page. A normal event, but we are always cautious about what plugins we install. If the web site is genuine and we really want to see what is on the page, we will allow the plugin, otherwise we stand back and think about it.

You asked about uninstalling Google Chrome before because it caused problems. System restore may be the better way.

Mark

That pop up occurred while I was here earlier. It didn't happen this time. I might uninstall or remove Google Chrome later and you're right about my reluctance to install any fixes due to my concerns about security threats to my PC.

Before I attempt to do a system restore on my laptop should I uninstall the Google Chrome first or do the system restore first then uninstall the Google Chrome? I've never done a system restore before, is it hard to do? What is meant by the phrase "restore point"?

Mission accomplished. I uninstalled Google Chrome then did a system restore back to May 20, 2010, McAfee Site Advisor which wasn't working did work after I uninstalled it then did a reinstall but McAfee's green circles posted by links on Google were not appearing so I switched to Yahoo for my homepage which does show McAfee's green circles by all of Yahoo's links which they deem to be safe. I'm back to browsing with IE8 which may not be as good as Google Chrome but I'm glad to have IE8 back.